From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kevin Hooks born September 19 1958 is an American actor and a television and film director he is notable from his roles in Aaron Loves Angela Sounder but may be bestknown as Morris Thorpe from TVs The White Shadow In 1986 he starred in the shortlived ABC sitcom Hes the Mayor He directed Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 and also Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin in Fled Hooks worked as a director and producer on the series Prison Break He also directed two episodes from the first season of Lost White Rabbit and Homecoming In 2003 Hooks revisited Sounder He directed ABCs Wonderful World of Disneys TV remake of the film with Paul Winfield his costar from the original playing a different role Hooks was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the son of Yvonne a state employee and Robert Hooks a director and actor who starred in many films in the 1970s Kevins nickname amongst his friends is King Royal